A friend sent the following. To me, it seems a bit simple but, who knows? Does this sound like it would be effective?
"As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight for your e-mail address book, and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting
all your friends and associates. This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further,
and it will alert you to the fact, that the worm has gotten into your system.
Here's what you do: first, open your address book and click on "new contact", Just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of e-mail addresses.
In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in 1aaaaa. Also use address 1aaaaa@a.aaa
Now, here's what you've done and why it works:
The name 1aaaaa will be placed at the top of your address book as entry #1. This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends.
But, when it tries to send itself to 1aaaaa, it will be undeliverable because of the phoney e-mail address you entered.
If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phoney address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected."
Last edited by ryck; 03/16/20 06:35 PM.
